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Volume No. 1 7
No. 39
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDA
A Cood Community
PRIL 13, 1955
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Brunswick County
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National Guard
To Participate
In Test Alert
Citizens Are Warned Again
st ‘Men From Mars’
Alarm When Signal
Comes For “Operation
Minuteman”
TEST BEING HELD
ON NATIONAL SCALE
Planned During Month Of
April But Date And Hour
Are Being Kept Secret
In Order To Simu
late Attack
Residents of the Rural Bruns
wick county areas are cautioned
against alarm when these. Nati
onal Guard units mobilize on an
“emergency” basis for “Operation
Minuteman,” a test alert.
“Operation Minuteman” accord
ing to Major Alexander Maults
by, executive officer for the
130th AAA battalion, is to “see
how quick we can get our men to
the armories, get the equipment
issued, and get the men moved
out on emergency assignments.”
The test will be nationwide, and
will involve Battery A of Shallotte.
David Carmichael is commanding
officer of the 67-man unit.
Major Maultsby said the alert
will be triggered on the hypothe
sis that an enemy force has sud
denly attacked this country with
atomic weapons, and that the
enemy is capable of widespread
sabotage. “After we mobilize our
forces they will move out to
guard key municipal and public
services and industrial sites,” he
said.
The alert which will affect ne
arly 400,000 Guardsmen through
out the nation's 2,200 units, is
expected sometime in April. The
exact hour and date will be
kept secret until a few hours be
fore the test to heighten the ef
fect of a surprise attack.
Greenlight for “Operation Min
uteman” will be given by Major
General Edgar C. Erickson, chief
of the National Guard Bureau,
from his Pentagon office. Gen.
Erickson and His staff will coor
dinate the test.
Capt. Carmichael in discussing
the alert said:
“We ask our ierrow citizens not
to be disturbed in the slightest
by this Guard activity, which is
simply a training exercise to
test the speed and efficiency with
which local Guardsmen can be
mobilized in case of a disaster,
or other emergency calling for our
services.
"Please remember that this is
only a test alert. However, an
other purpose is to give our fel
low citizens an opportunity to
see the local unit training and to
learn more about the important
mission assigned to our Guards
men in peace and war.
Exact time and date of the
test alert, to be known as “Op
eration Minuteman,” will be sec
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Brief Bits Of
-NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHERS SCHOOL
Art Newton is attending a
photographers short course this
week in Chapel Hill.
IN OPERETTA
Mary J. Hughes of Ash is a
member of the chorus for the pro
duction, "Brigadoon”, which is to
be presented at East Carolina
College April 27, 28, 29.
RECEIVES HONOR
Dr. Wm. T. Ruark, of Beckley,
W. Va., has been made a fellow
of the American College of Chest
Physicians and will be presented
the certificate in a formal cere
mony at Atlantic City on June
4. He is a native of Southport,
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Ruark.
HENNING RE-ELECTED
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Denning and
daughters, Ann and Jean, were
visitors here Sunday. He has re- j
cently been reelected Superinten-1
dent of Schools for Sampson!
County, a position he accepted J
following his resignation from a
similar post in Brunswick county
two years ago.
take examinations
A great many people in the
Southport area have been going
to Wilmington in the past two 1
or three weeks to stand civil serv
ice examinations. They were in- ;
spired to take the examinations I
by the information that in the!
case of some of the work at Sun- j
ny Point the holders of civil serv- !
ice ratings will have a preference
m the matter of employment.
Community Choir
t 11C e
SINGERS—One of the most delightful features
South {Dort was the cantata, “The Triumphant Hour,” which was presented ' Sun da
Rnnti«f p Tnnit{ Methodist Church by a choir which included members froru th
Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Methodist Churches.—(Art Newton Photo.)
Perfect Weather
Aids Observance
Of Easter Here
Usual Pre-Dawn Singing By
Colored Singers Followed
By Other Musical And
Religious Programs
Easter Sunday was ushered in
by the pre-dawn singing of the
colored citizens of the town, and
was brought to a climax Sunday
night with the presentation of a
cantata “The Triumphant Hour”,
presented by the combined sing
ers from four of the churches of
the community.
This latter program was direct
ed by Mrs. Dallas Pigott. It was
unique in that color slides illus
trated the Easter story as it un
folded in the words and music of
the choir. The narrator was the
Rev. Joseph McLeod, pastor of
the Southport Presbyterian
church.
Tlie following singers participat
ed:
Sopranos: Mrs. Charles Ald
ridge, Miss Pauline Chadwick,
Mrs. Susie Carson, Miss Ann
Brooks Newton, Miss Annie M.
Newton, Mrs. Dallas Pigott, Mrs.
E. J. Prevatte, Mrs. John Swan,
Mrs. John Swain, Mi’s. George
Whatley, Mrs. Robert Willing,
Miss Carol Wolfe.
Altos: Miss Patricia Adams,
Mrs. E. C. Blake, Mrs. R. C.
Daniel, Mrs. A. D. Harrelson, Mrs.
L. J. Hardee, Mrs. L. D. Hayman,
Mrs. Robert A. Jones, Mrs. Joseph
MacLeod, Mrs. Olive Newton, Mrs.
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To Destroy Files ;
Of Draft Board
Only Flies To Be Retained
Will Be Those For Class '
IV-C (Alien); Some Re
gistrants May Desire In
formation
Colonel Thomas H. Upton, State
Director of Slective Service, said
this week that he has received
notice from the Director of Selec
tive Service to proceed with the
disposal of the individual files of
registrants of the Selective Train
ing and Service Act of 1940, as
amended. He pointed out that any
World War II registrant needing
information from his World War
II selective service file should re
quest it now before the loss of
such information by destruction
of the records. The information
must be requested either in per
son or by letter signed by the
registrant.
Colonel Upton also stated that
the Director of Selective Service ’
advises that the great majority
of the World War II files have J
served all discernible administra- j
tive purposes in the operation of j
the Universal Military Training!
and Service Act, as amended, and j
that the Joint Committee of Con
gress on the Disposition of Ex
ecutive Papers has approved of j
the disposal of individual files of
registrants of the Selective Train- i
ing and Service Act of 1940. The j
only World War II files to be re
tained are those of registrants
classified at any time in Class j
IV-C (Alien), which have been re- ]
quested by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Files obtained under the cur
rent draft act will continue to be
maintained by each registrant’s
local board.
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Early Fishermen
Get King Mackere
master Holiday Fishermen
| Making Trips Off-Shore
Had Several Large Fish
Of I his Type In Their
Day’s Catch
| SEVERAL BOATS
CARRIED PARTIES
Bonita And Amberjack Also
Provide Plenty Of Action
Fcr Parties Going Out
From Southport
The 1955 sports fishing season
at Southport is off to a bright j
beginning as a result of several
trips on which good catches of :
king mackerel have been made.
Gapt. Hnlan Watts had Lyn
Richardson and party of Siler
City out Sunday and they had 15
large kings in their catch. They
also brought in 1.5 bonito and 10
amberjack.
The Monday party was headed
by Walker of Reidsville, and no
king mackerel were taken. How
ever, the catch included 5 amber
jack and 15 bonito.
The kings were back in business
Tuesday os Capt. Watts carried
out J. A. Manor and party of
Wadesboro'. They had 13 kings, 14
bonito and 4 amberjack.
The only other party reporting
their catch was Grady Butler and
has group from Lexington who
were out Monday with Capt.
Hoyle Dosher aboard the ldle
On II. They had 10 bonito, 1 am
berjack and about 300-lbs of sea
bass.
There were numerous other par
ties here for the week end, and
most of them had good luck.
Congressman Is
Project Visitor
F. Ertel Carlyle Visitad Sun
ny Point Project Last
Week And Was Impressed
With What He Saw
“Sunny Point will be out of
this world for size and usefulness
when they get it all built. I am
amazed at the engineering per
formance of our Army Engineers
and the contractors on this pro
ject.” So remarked Congressman
F. Ertel Carlyle as he was being
shown over the project by a rep
resentative of this paper last
week.
As big as things ar now, the
Congressman was apparently con
fident. that much more will go
into the project. Construction will
be going on for a long time, he
predicted. In addition he thinks
there will be private industry of
a nature and scope that residents
of Brunswick have never dreamed
of.
Congressman Carlyle’s two com
panions on the trip here from
Lunrberton, W. D. Linkhaw and C.
G. Townsend, were likewise com
pletely amazed at the extent and
potentalities of the installation.
They were unmistakably convin
ced that the great terminals as
sure tremendous developnrent of
the Southport area, its beaches
and the whole of Brunswick coun
ty.
It may be timely to mention J
here that during the planning and
finally the construction, Congress- I
rran Carlyle stood solidly behindi
he A rmy Engineers and the plans !
they had.
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Civil Term Of
Court In Session
The April term of Super] r
court for trial of civil eass
got under way yesterday wi 1
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of
Snow Hill presiding.
Several divorce cases we?
heard, a few orders were gi
en and one or two judg
ments were rendered durii,
the first day. XL appears ii% ,
likely that any important '
cases will come tip during
the term. It is believed that
all cases to be tried at the
term will probably be finish
ed today-or Thursday.
Building Fast A
11 olden Beac
Between 75 And ICO Hcus 5
Being Replaced Or Kt v
Aro Under Constructi n
At i hat B each
Here yesterday from Holt
Beach attending Superior co
John Holden, owner and opera
of the pavilion and other prope ty
at Holden Beach before the 0
ber storm struck, said that
tween 75 and 100 homes have bi
rebuilt or are now going up
Holden said it was hard to ie
how many buildings will be relci
by the first of June, but he v+a
very much hartened at the <ji]
ference of interest that the puBli
now shows, as compared to tia
of the first of the year. The beic
is on its way to be bigger an
better than ever, he predicts.
He is now engaged in the ebr
struction of a new pavilion to it
place the one that was destroys
The new building is of frapi
construction one story, about th
same ground floor space as th
old one that was of blocks. Holije
has also been constructing a nigu
ber of rental units, as have man
others at Holden Beach.
They will be ready for a Jlo
tCoutinued on Hage 41
Brunswick Man
folds Important
ICommittee Post
|Rav H, Walton Named As
Member Of Five-Man Sen
ate Finance Sub-Commit
tee In Raleigh Tuesday
HELP PREPARE
U FINANCE EILL
t<- r' f ^ d ' "vr-nm-—t t>e
>ends To Great Extent
■ij.eJi jacce .a kjx U«i
mittee In Solving Tax
Differences
! Senator Ray H. Walton of
runswick county lias been nam
as a member of a five man
[lb-committee of the Senate Fi
nce Committee to work out de
vils of a revenue bill which will
jleet the financial requirements
the State for the next two
ears.
* It was a signal honor for Wal
ton. a freshman member of the
Senate, to be named for this im
portant job. Associated with him
will be Nelson Woodson of Rowan,
chairman; William Medford, Hay
wood; Jack Blythe, Mecklenburg;
C. Settle Bunn, Nash.
:! The need for this sub-commit
tee developed when it became ap
parent yesterday that the House
of Representatives is opposed to
a tax on tobacco products, a
source of revenue which the mem
bers of the Senate were willing
to tap. The Senate vote was about
two to 1 in favor of a tobacco
tax, the house vote about two to
1 against.
I The idea for naming the sub
committee is to begin at once to
attempt to resolve differences of
opinion as to the source from
which to get the $38,000,000 which
will be required to balance the
State budget during the next two
years.
Any hope of early adjournment
appears to be tied up with the
success or failure of this sub
committee.
-Bolivia Planning
Big Gospel Sing
Liens Club Sponsoring An
other In Series Of Gospel
Singing Programs On Sat
urday Night, May 7
Plans are nearing' completion
now for the fourth big gospel sing
to be staged in the Bolivia High
School auditorium on Saturday
night, May 7, sponsored by the
Bolivia Lions Club.
Warren Sellers, culb secretary,
stated this week that this is ex
pected to be the best sing staged
by the club thus far. This, he
said, is due to public demand for
a sing and also to the good for
tune of securing some of the
State’s best gospel singers.
Three previous events of this
nature in the last two years seems
to have made the Bolivia Lions
Club famous in bringing to this
county the well-liked programs of
gospel songs.
Highlighting the program will
he "Melody Masters", quartet
trom radio station WPTF, Ra
leigh, and the “King's Men, trio
composed of service men from
nearby Fort Bragg. Both groups
are credited with having high
tenor and low bass. Both are well
liked from their appearances in
other parts of the State and are
very much in demand for gospel
sing programs. Also on the pro
gram will be some good singers
from people here in Brunswick
county.
Tickets will soon be available
from several business plases in
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W. B. KEZIAH
Our
ROVING
Reporter
Some four years ago the Dasher
Memorial Hospital was badly in
need of enlargements anti im
provements. Liberal-minded resi
dents of Brunswick county con
tributed something over twelve
thousand dollars and this in turn
brought a grant from the State.
The needed improvements were
finished in 1954. Now everything
done towards the improvements
appears to have been verv time
ly. It is understood that the If. S.
Government is pleased with the
local hospital facilities and that
patients from the Sunny Point
terminal will be handled there. 1 n
a little time the hospital will
probably have to be further en
larged as a result of this govern
ment business. If this is the case
the U. S. Government will assist
in handling that or will build a
hospital of its own.
Both Brunswick County Sena
tor Ray Walton and Represent
ative Kirby Sullivan have been
making good records during their
terms as representatives of the
county during the present session
of the legislature. Both went up
as newr men. Despite this fact
we have heard little grumbling
from the people back here at
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First Stages
r .Y /fNftfLM
BUILDING—Miss Joan Bryant is shown as she sur
veys the first stages of construction of the steel fishing
pier at Yaupon Village. Speedy progress is expected in
completion of this project.— (Art Newton Photo.)
Candidates File
In Mayor’s Race
-
Holiday Guests
Build Cottage
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gilbert
had company during the holi
day week end - fourteen men.
They were here Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, and be
fore they headed back to their
homes in Asheboro Monday
night they had almost com
pleted the job of building a
new cottage at Long Beach
in which the Gilberts and Mr.
and Mrs. I. R. Robinson are
joint-owners.
These holiday visitors are
friends of the family who had
enjoyed trips to the Robinson
Gilbert cottage at Long Beach
that was destroyed during
Hurricane Hazel. They made
the proposition that if the
owners would get the mate
rial, they would come down
and assemble it for them.
Next on the guest list is a
plumber and an electrician.
Brunswick Has
Roadside Park
Beautiful Area Between
Supply And Bolivia One
Of Twenty Provided By
Highway Commission In
This State
The State’s twenty roadside
parks are being put in readiness
for wide-spread use this summer,
Highway Chairman A. H. Graham
said this week.
One of the parks is located on
US 17 in Brunswick county, be
tween Supply and Bolivia.
Motorists who stop and use the
parks are urged by Graham to
leave them as clean and neat as
they find them. There are covered
metal garbage cans for disposal
of refuse. He said there was seme
vandalism and destruction of the
park facilities last summer and
he hoped it would not be repeated
this year. He stressed that the
parks are for the pleasure and
convenience of everyone, not just
for a few careless individuals.
All twenty of the roadside parks
in the State are located on main
highways which carry heavy traf
fic. Each is usually located in a
wooded grove and has a protected
drinking water supply, restrooms,
picnic tables and benches, and
outdoor fireplaces.
Back in 1949, the Highway
Commission recognized that the
recreation-travel industry was
greatly dependent on the State’s
69,000 mile road system. A joint
Highway Commission - Conserva
tion and Development Board Com
mittee made a thorough study of
roadside development. Four ex
perimental parks set up in Bla
den, Camden, Sampson and Cum
berland Counties immediately
proved popular. Then in 1951, the
General Assembly passed enabling
legislation for the establishment
of roadside parks throughout the
State.
Since then, the Highway Com
mission’s Landscape Engineering
Department under the capable di
rection of F. H. Brant, has
studied, determined the best lo
cations, and set up roadside parks,
scenic, turnouts and picnic tables.
All the roadside parks are built
to certain standards. No park is
larger than three acres. Each
must be located within two to
five miles from the limits of a
city or town. As a safety meas
ure, the entire roadside park area
must be opened to view from the
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Mayor J. A. Gilbert Be
comes Candidate To Suc
ceed Himself And Roy
Robinson Files As His
Opponent
PLAN MEETING ON
CITY MANAGER PLAN
Leigh H. Wilson Of Local
Government Commission
Will Be Here For Meet
ing In Courthouse
Next Thursday
A contest looms in the race for
mayor of the city of Southport,
with two candidates already filed.
One of these is Mayor J. A.
Gilbert, who seeks reelection. The
other is Roy Robinson, retired
Coast Guard officer, who is mak
ing his first bid for public office.
Harold Aldridge, member of the
present board of aldermen, is the
only man to file for that office
thus far. Six members will be
elected at the election on May 3.
Arrangements have been made
for a meeting of citizens of South
port to be held Thursday night,
April 21, in the Brunswick coun
ty courthouse for the purpose of
hearing an explanation of the
City Manager plan of government.
Leigh H. Wilson, representing
the League of Municipalities, will
be here for that meeting and his
purpose will be to explain the
plan to interested voters.
The registration books now are
open, and citizens who are other
wise qualified to vote in the forth
coming city election are urged to
register.
Incorporation Is
Gaining Support
John P. Stedman Admits
That He Has Changed
His Mind Since Proposit
ion Was Voted Down
Two Years Ago
John P. Stedman, president of
the Scottish Banks, with the main
bank in Lumberton, made the pre
diction Friday that “Before the
second anniversary of the October
storm arrives, Long Beach will
have 400 or more homes.”
That is about 25 more homes
than were on the beach when the
storm came along, but Stedman,
who owned one of the finer homes
on the beach when the storm
came along and who has since
built another just as good or bet
ter, was sincere in his belief that
the beach is coming back on a
bigger and more improved scale.
“We need to have the place in
corporated” he said. “It is the
only thing to do.” Nowhere can
you find a town of any size that
can call itself modern, that is not
incorporated. We need a water
system and other facilities. Our
Senator and Representative should
be putting a bid through right
now that would allow for incor
poration.”
Asked by the reporter if he was
not opposed to the incorporation
of Long Beach when an election
was held two years ago, Sted
man said:
“I was against incorporation
then. I am with the move to in
corporate now. Long Beach is a
growing town. The sooner we in
corporate the faster we will grow.
I think our beach folks are now
a lot more progressive minded
and that they will vote for incor
poration if they are given a
chance. I know of a good many
people just like me. They were
against incorporation two years
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Increase Penalty
For Overplanting
Tobacco Acreage
Farmers Who Gvcrplant
Weed Allotment This
Year Must Fay 39-C?.Rts
Per Pound For Overage
NO CREDIT FOR
OVERPLANTING CROP
»n Other Words, Farmer
Will Get No Credit To
ward Increasing Allot
ment For Over
planting
The Brunswick County ASC of
fice this (Wednesday) morning an
nounced that the penalty on ex
cess tobacco marketed this year
will be about 39c per pound or 75
per cent of the average price of
the 1954 crop. The penalty last
year was 21c per pound and was
based on 40 per cent of the aver
age price.
Another change in the tobacco
law for this year’s tobacco crop
will not allow for any increase in
acreage allotment for over plant
ing. Instructions received by the
Brunswick ASC office states,
“Farm acreage allotment for to
bacco shall be reduced if any pro
ducer on the farm files, or aids
or acquiesces in the filing of, any
false report with respect to the
acreage of tobacco grown on the
farm”.
This year no credit (no in
crease in allotment) will be given
for overplanting of acreage.
Another change in the law this
year states that in all cases to
bacco acreage will be measured
and computed in acres and hun
dredths of acres and that there
will be no hundredths tolerance
above allotment. All acreage
above the allotment must be dis
posed of to avoid the marketing
quota penalty on such excess
acreage.
Mrs. Ada varnum stated mis
morning that letters explaining
the changes in the tobacco acre
age law would be mailed to grow
ers in the county at once but in
the meantime any grower desiring
full information should call
at the ASC office in White
ville.
Officers Busy
Raiding Stills
Twenty-Six Have Been Put
Out Of Business During
First Quarter Of This
Year, According To Re
port
The Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department has raided and de
stroyed a total of 26 whiskey
stills of various types and sizes
during the first quarter of 1955.
Along with the stills the officers
captured and destroyed 140 gal
lons of whiskey and 21,700 gallons
of mash.
On some of the raids A. T. U.
men from new Hanover county
accompanied the Brunswick coun
ty officers. Three people were ar
rested in connection with the
manufacturing operations and one
pick-up truck was confiscated.
Sheriff Elbert H. Gray states
that the operators are keeping
themselves and their stills so
closely guarded that it is almost
impossible to catch them at the
still sites. He states he intends
to do his best towards keeping
such operations down. However,
he admits that this is a hard job.
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I
I'ide 'I able
Following Is the tide table
tor Southport during the nest
week. These hours are approxi
mately correct and were furn
ished The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot’s Association.
U>gh Tide I.ow Tide
Thursday, April 14,
0:18 A. M. 6:46 A. M.
12:33 P. M. 6:43 P. M.
Friday, April 15,
1:10 A. M. 7:40 A. M.
1:32 P. M. 7:45 P. M.
Saturday, April 16,
2:08 A. M. 8:38 A. M.
2:33 P. M. 8:51 P. M.
Sunday, April 17,
3:06 A. M. 9:34 A. M.
3:32 P. M. 9:55 P. M.
Monday, April 18,
4:03 A. M. 10:28 A. M.
4:29 P. M. 10:54 P. M.
Tuesday, April 19,
4:58 A. M. 11:18 A. M.
5:24 P. M. 11:49 P. M.
Wednesday, April 20,
5:51 A. M. 0:00 A. M.
6:18 P. M. 12:07 P. M.